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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 15, Pot 8

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.7 mm, body; 7.4 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 30.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved horizontal diamond motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated six times around the vessel. There are three sets of horizontal diamonds within the motif, the innermost of which has excised corners, creating a negative oval within the diamond. The diamonds themselves are outlined by cross-hatched engraved triangles at the corners of each of the rectangular panels. The six panels are each separated by two vertical engraved lines on the rim. A white clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 15, Pot 8, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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